I joined the Wednesday Morning Group Ride that leaves from
BikeSource today. It was cloudy but with delightful temperatures in the low 70's and hardly any wind. There was a large turnout with many new riders which is always nice. Jake, one of the regular riders pictured to the left with me, forgot his bike shoes so Bob, another rider, and I waited for him to drive home and then we booked to meet the group at the SAG stop in Lenexa once Jake was back.
Ron, as always, leads a good ride and begins each ride with a safety tip. Today it was about obeying traffic laws and was especially relevant since we had a Kansas City Police Officer ride with us today. Great guy and a very good rider. Our ride went out to
Cedar Creek, which is a beautiful planned community in
Olathe, Kansas, which is a large area west and southwest of the Kansas City Metro Area. There are some great hills and the
Quivira Park Bike Group has a route called the
Lake Lenexa Route that covers some of the same roads. One of the riders had a flat but with help was back up and rolling in about 10 minutes. The picture of the group was at the corner of Woodland Street and Northgate in Olathe during the flat repair.
When getting ready for the ride this morning one of our neighbor's daughter's was standing with her nanny and her younger sister and brother. Morgan was upset because this was the first day of school and the bus forgot to pick her up. I too had witnessed the bus not turning on our street and then not even stopping at the corner when she went running towards it. Her nanny was concerned because she had the younger children and they were still in their pajamas so I volunteered to walk Morgan to school. We had a delightful conversation about her new 1st grade teacher, her soccer team, how her sister and brother love piggy back rides from her, and that she was excited about school. Since the bus had been late we were a bit tardy in getting to school, as several parents walking back from the school reminded us. In any event, Morgan got to school safe and sound and only 5 minutes late. Picture of Morgan and me is to the left.
A map of the ride can be viewed from my
Garmin and the route starts at the
Oak Hill Elementary School down to the start at
BikeSource and back to my house. Total distance was 52K and average speed was 24.3 KPH.
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